One legacy of the Soviet-era is the continued existence of factory towns and villages which sprang up in their hundreds throughout the 20th century. Under the Soviet Union, these population centres ...

A bitter tug-of-war for control of Georgia’s top TV channel, Rustavi2, has impacted not only the country’s media-freedom credentials, but also raised nagging questions about the integrity of its legal ...

TBILISI -- Georgia’s Rustavi-2 television station has fired several prominent journalists and producers, raising concerns by some critics that a former opposition media outlet could be muzzled. Paata ...

In a new, dramatic twist in the standoff over Georgia’s leading national TV broadcaster Rustavi2, the Tbilisi City Court has dismissed the current management of the channel. Critics term the decision ...

RUSTAVI, GeorgiaRUSTAVI, Georgia — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Monday outside a prison where former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been held since his arrest after returning to the ...

Rustavi 2 reports that the individual arrested by the State Security Service of Georgia on espionage charges is Giorgi ...

Thousands of supporters of Georgia's Rustavi 2 TV have gathered in central Tbilisi to celebrate a recent ruling in favor of the broadcaster by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The Strasbourg ...

Georgia's president has suggested that his country's democratic image and international reputation are at stake as a row rumbles on about the country's main opposition television channel. Rustavi 2 ...

The British oil and gas company Block Energy plc, focused on the prioritization of assets in Georgia, has signed a memorandum of understanding with JSC Rustavi Azot (JSC Rustavi Azot), a subsidiary of ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening Georgia’s private manufacturing sector with a US$ 65 million loan to Rustavi Azot, Trend reports ...

Block Energy PLC spudded WR-B1 at the WR-BA location on West Rustavi field, onshore Georgia, on June 23. The target is the West Rustavi Middle Eocene reservoir with 2.1 MMboe recoverable oil and gas.